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Allergy Adventures' Passport Pack has arrived in Colchester Hospital

Posted: 24 Oct 2014

Oh ye! Oh ye! I'm excited to announce that the allergy team at
Colchester
Hospital has started using the Allergy Adventures® Passport
Pack.

The clinical team, headed by Dr Bhupinder Sihra and nurse
specialist, Sandy Birkett, launched the passport earlier this month
and are really pleased with how it has been received by parents and
children. They report that children are now 'more engaged, knowing
they are not alone with their allergy, and have allergy friends to
share with'.

And that's a air punch from me!

I first met with the team at Colchester Hospital in March after
they expressed an interest in using the Allergy Adventures®
Passport Pack. The passport pack is personalised for each
individual hospital, so I scribbled down what the Colchester team
needed, switched the kettle on, set to work and *tadaling* (magic
wand sound), the deed was done.

On behalf of Colchester Hospital and
myself I would also like to say a special thank you to Nutricia who helped fund this
initiative.

Could your hospital benefit from the Allergy Adventures®
Passport Pack? If you don't know what the passport pack is, or how it
helps children,
this blog post tells you everything. Or you can
watch
the passport in action.

And if you want to see the passport pack in use at your child's
allergy outpatients department? Send this link to the head of your child's allergy
team to see if the passport would be useful for their hospital. Or
they can always email
me for more info.

And I'll end with the words of eminent physicians Dr Adam Fox
and Dr George Du Toit, Consultant Paediatric Allergists at Guys'
and St Thomas' Hospital, London.

"The passports that we've instituted, particularly for toddlers
and younger children, have really been well received. They've made
children who are otherwise very anxious, really engage with the
experience of coming in and seem to enjoy the experience that
little bit more."Dr Adam Fox, Consultant Paediatric Allergist

"The Allergy Adventures passports help map out a child's journey
through the clinic. They like collecting their stamps, going
through the maze and it gives them a sense of achievement. And I
think it was desperately needed in a busy clinic."Dr George Du Toit, Consultant Paediatric
Allergist

If you have questions or if your child has already experienced
the Allergy Adventures® Passport Pack, I'd love to hear from you.
Email me, or find
me on Facebook or
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